Sleeve for garments.



S. KARP.

'SLEBVE FOR GABMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, 1910.

Patented Dex; 26, 1911.-

ENTOZ ATTMWEY ATS PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL KARI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SLEEVE ro'n GARMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Dec. 26, 1911.

Application filed November 28, 1910. Serial No. 594,432.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, SAMUEL KARP, .acitizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and

"State ofNew York, have invented certain new and usefulI-mprovements in Sleeves for Garments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has to do with the lower partof the sleeve or cuff and is intended to make the cuff more readily adaptable to the changing conditions under which it is required to serve. Storm cufls have been invented tha't would, to a limited extent', ac-

;ma I they have lacked some of the most novel iand advantageous features. In my Patents complish the same results as ,my device but Number 971,539 of Oct, 4th., 1910 and {948,142 of Fell, 1st-., .1910, I have approximated this device, and this invention is intended as an advance in the art. I have in mind the construction of a device that operates easily and'positively, one

that will gather the cufl" to any desired exthe cuff turned down. Fig. v3 is'a view corgral, I choose to consider. the cuff and sleeve '50 responding to Fig. 2, iri this figure thecufi is gathered and the'tab is moved to engage the second button. Fig. 4 is on a larger scale, this view is in horizontal section, and.

by reason of the fracture the details of construction are plainly visible. Fig. 5 may be considered a modification, it shows the device secured to a cufl'less sleeve.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

.Although'inmostinstances formed inteas two independent members and I will so describe them. Atl I have shown a sleeve -of the ordinary construction and of any desired design or material. Secured thereto -or formed integral'therewith is the cuif2 a complete circlet for the arm though hav-- ing its ends unjoined, the end 3. misc:

cured as far back as the line 4, the end 5 i: also free to the same extent. This cufi is constructed duplex, or of two; layers of material. The two layers are stitched firmly together at the end 3 but are formed independently at the end 5 so as to produce the pocket or slit 6.

Referring toFig. 4,v I show in detaillthe construction of thetab 7 and the means for attaching it within the pocket formed between the two layers of material which go .to make up the cuff. The tab 7 is constructed of a flat piece of material or of two pieces of material stitched together. One end of the tab is rounded, and in the rounded end a button hole 14 is produced, the opposite.

end ofthe tab is squared, and to thisend two short lengths of elastic fabric are secured by stitching, the free end of the elastic strips ,or' ribbons are secured between the two layersof the cuff atapoint that I will allow the tab 7 to project to some extent beyond the end 5 of the cuff.

The proportional length of the elastic-material and the tab proper is not of great imortance as it isonly necessary that the tab Be within the pocket-6 to such an extent as will insure, the squared end remaining in the pocket during the whole operation of the device.

In Fig. 1 the cufl is shown folded back on the sleeve, when so conditioned it is not intended that the cufi shall be puckered, so

4 a single button 10- is secured to the cuff in a position conveniently adjacent to the button hole in the tab 7. The tab is attached to. the button by means ofthebutton holeand the result is a finished cuff for ordinary wear.

In Fig. 2 the cuff is shown turned down or extended as it would be worn while walking in ordinarily stormy weather. In this figure the cuff is also-ungathered. Tothe exterior of the cufi I attach two buttons 11 and 12, the button-11 is arranged to serve. with the tab while the cuff remains. in its distended condition.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the cuff also turned down but in this figurethe material on the under side of the cufi is gathered or puckered causing moreof thev tab 7 to protrude from the pocket 6. The tab now being placed against the upper side of the cufl it will be found that the single button hole is 1101 adjacent to the button 12 and .if it be butj .t m ed thereonthe cufi' will-remain in the gathered condition suitable for driving or motoring lIl' extremely cold or stormy weather, or even for general use.

One of the principal advantages of this device is the fact that the usefulness of the gathered cufi can be obtained without the,

. unsightliness usually accompanying devices of this class. 'While the inner part of the sleeve, the part nearest the body of the wearer .is gathered, the outer or exposed part remains undisturbed. To accomplish this result the ,ends of.the elastic ribbons 8 and 9 must be attached to the cuff at a point i diametrically opposite the end 5 injwhichthe pocketb is produced.

So far I have described a'sleeve having an independently shaped cuff, one that can.

be turned up or down, and I have also described a cufl' slitted for a length greater than the width of the tab 7 and although I may consider this the best means of carrying out this invention never-the-less, 'I, have found that my improvement works well with a plain cuff. It is only necessary that the cult be made duplex and that one end of the outside layer of material be left open, thus forming a pocket. In this'use of the device it is necessary to secure two buttons to the outside, exposed surfaceof the sleeve, one for use when the sleeve is'fully distended and the other for use when the sleeve is gathered. This construction is shown in Fig. 5.

Modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of this invention.

It is obvious that a single pieceof elastic material may. beused in lieu of theribbons a tab' of the same material within said cuff,

and extending for the greater part of its length between the two layers of said cufi, an elastic member securing the inner end of .the tab to a point between 'the two layers,

and arranged to retrieve said tab intothe space between the two layers of the cuff while gathering both-of said layers as specified.

" Signed at New York city, this 21st day of November 1910, in the presence of'two witnesses SAMUEL KARP.

Witnesses:

WVILLIAM KARP M. S. WALKER. 

